Did cybersecurity recently have its Gatling gun moment?

Did cybersecurity recently have its Gatling gun moment?

On the James River, Petersburg, VA, June of 1864, during the American Civil War, General Benjamin Butler, of the US Army, deployed a new weapon into the field that effectively altered the nature of kinetic battles. The later named “Siege of Petersburg,” was the first recorded instance of the Gatling gun being used in battle. With a rate of fire coming in at 200 plus rounds per minute, the opposing Confederate troops’ muskets were a meager retort…